Buddha-Carita [sanskrit]

by E. B. Cowell | 2003 | 11,474 words | ISBN-10: 8187418788 | ISBN-13: 9788187418788

The Buddha Carita (Saddharma-pundarika) by Asvaghosa a famous Sanskrit text revolving around the live and exploits of the Buddha. The Buddha Carita (Buddhacarita) is written in the style of a Kavya (or Mahakavya, epic poetry) and extant original Sanskrit text consists of roughly 1,000 metrical verses.

Verse 13.47

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पञ्चेषवो ऽन्येन तु विप्रमुक्तास्तस्थुर्नयत्येव मुनौ न पेतुः ।
संसारभीरोर्विषयप्रवृत्तौ पञ्चेन्द्रियाणीव परीक्षकस्य ॥ ४७ ॥

pañceṣavo 'nyena tu vipramuktāstasthurnayatyeva munau na petuḥ |
saṃsārabhīrorviṣayapravṛttau pañcendriyāṇīva parīkṣakasya || 47 ||

But five arrows shot by another stood motionless and fell not, through the saint's ruling guidance,—like the five senses of him who is well experienced in the course of worldly objects and is afraid of embodied existence.
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Glossary of Sanskrit terms

Note: This extracts Sanskrit terms and links to English definitions from the glossary, based on an experimental segmentation of verse (13.47). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Panceshu, Anya, Vipramukta, Nayat, Eva, Muni, Samsara, Bhiru, Vishaya, Pravritta, Pravritti, Pancendriya, Iva, Parikshaka,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Buddha-carita Verse 13.47). If the system was successful in segmenting the sentence, you will see of which words it is made up of, generally consisting of Nouns, Pronouns, Verbs, Participles and Indeclinables. Click on the link to show all possible derivations of the word.

Line 1: “pañceṣavo 'nyena tu vipramuktāstasthurnayatyeva munau na petuḥ ”
pañceṣavo' -
pañceṣu (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]
anyena -
anya (noun, neuter)

[instrumental single]
tu -
tu (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]
vipramuktās -
vipramukta (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

vipramuktā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
tasthur -
√sthā (verb class 1)

[perfect active third plural]
nayatye -
nayat (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

nayat (noun, neuter)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]

√nay -> nayat (participle, masculine)

[locative single from √nay class 1 verb]

√nay -> nayat (participle, neuter)

[nominative dual from √nay class 1 verb], [vocative dual from √nay class 1 verb], [accusative dual from √nay class 1 verb], [locative single from √nay class 1 verb]

√nī -> nayat (participle, masculine)

[locative single from √nī class 1 verb]

√nī -> nayat (participle, neuter)

[nominative dual from √nī class 1 verb], [vocative dual from √nī class 1 verb], [accusative dual from √nī class 1 verb], [locative single from √nī class 1 verb]

√nay (verb class 1)

[present active third single]

√nī (verb class 1)

[present active third single]
eva -
eva (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

eva (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

eva (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
munau -
muni (noun, masculine)

[locative single]
na -
na (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

na (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

na (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
petuḥ -
√pat (verb class 1)

[perfect active third plural]

√pat (verb class 4)

[perfect active third plural]
Line 2: “saṃsārabhīrorviṣayapravṛttau pañcendriyāṇīva parīkṣakasya ”
saṃsāra -
saṃsāra (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]
bhīror -
bhīru (noun, masculine)

[ablative single], [genitive single]
viṣaya -
viṣaya (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]
pravṛttau -
pravṛtta (noun, masculine)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]

pravṛtti (noun, feminine)

[locative single]
pañcendriyāṇī -
pañcendriya (noun, neuter)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
iva -
iva (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

iva (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
parīkṣakasya -
parīkṣaka (noun, masculine)

[genitive single]

parīkṣaka (noun, neuter)

[genitive single]